Cardinals 7, Reds 6: Jhonny Peralta belted a two-run homer and Matt Holliday drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning with an RBI double as St. Louis took two of three on the road from Cincinnati in a series marred by long rain delays.

Matt Adams went 3-for-5 and scored twice while Lance Lynn (1-0) shook off a rough first inning to strike out seven over five frames. The 26-year-old right-hander allowed three runs and eight hits during his 107-pitch outing while three relievers bridged the gap to Trevor Rosenthal, who came on to strike out Brandon Phillips with two outs in the eighth and set down the order in the ninth for his second save.

Homer Bailey (0-1) could not hold onto an early three-run advantage and continued his struggles against the Cardinals, falling to 5-10 with a 4.90 ERA in 18 all-time starts after surrendering four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Todd Frazier tied a career high with four RBIs and posted his fourth career two-homer game, going back-to-back with Jay Bruce in the first before delivering a three-run shot to right in the seventh.

Lynn quickly ran into trouble when Joey Votto ended an eight-pitch at-bat with a double and Bruce celebrated his 27th birthday by following with a blast to right. Three pitches later, Frazier crushed a high fastball into the second deck in left field to make it 3-0 before Peralta got two of those runs back in the second when he drove a 3-1 slider inside the left-field pole.

St. Louis evened it in the fourth on Jon Jay’s RBI double and took its first lead in the fifth when Kolten Wong drew a walk and scored one pitch later as Holliday ripped a grounder down the left-field line. Allen Craig and Yadier Molina each recorded run-scoring singles during a three-run seventh, providing just enough cushion for the Cardinals as reliever Pat Neshek gave up Frazier’s second homer of the game in the bottom half.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The start of the game was delayed three hours, 42 minutes due to rain, less than 24 hours after Wednesday’s contest began 2:40 late. … Bailey has surrendered 17 home runs against St. Louis in his career – the most he has allowed to any opponent. … Frazier’s last two multiple-homer games have come against St. Louis.